Cris@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoThunderbird "won't be adopting the firefox terms of use"mastodon.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1443arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1436arrow-down1external-linkThunderbird "won't be adopting the firefox terms of use"mastodon.onlineCris@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square82fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 months agolol, what a shitshow. A product from the same company is distancing from the stench. Good on them, but it shows who did some things wrong.
minus-squareEngywook@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agoIf I remember correctly, Thunderbird isn’t a Mozilla product anymore but it’s maintained by the community. Mozilla just hosts it.
minus-squarejollyrogue@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIt was community maintained, then MZLA Corp was formed under the Mozilla Foundation. Deals to house Thunderbird under other foundations fell through, which is why it’s still under the Mozilla Foundation.
minus-squarejollyrogue@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoMZLA is a different subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s a different piece of software. It makes no sense for them to adopt the Firefox Terms of Use, no matter how they might think of them.
lol, what a shitshow. A product from the same company is distancing from the stench. Good on them, but it shows who did some things wrong.
If I remember correctly, Thunderbird isn’t a Mozilla product anymore but it’s maintained by the community. Mozilla just hosts it.
It was community maintained, then MZLA Corp was formed under the Mozilla Foundation. Deals to house Thunderbird under other foundations fell through, which is why it’s still under the Mozilla Foundation.
MZLA is a different subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation.
It’s a different piece of software. It makes no sense for them to adopt the Firefox Terms of Use, no matter how they might think of them.